VOICE OF THE PEOPLE (letter).

Lost jobs

October 31, 2002|By Dave Van Duzer.

Ottawa, Ill. — When companies like Maytag decide to move production to Mexico to increase profitability, thus eliminating 1,600 good jobs, do they consider the possible fiscal backlash? By closing the plant in Galesburg, Ill., Maytag will probably cause another 400 job losses from the decline of local spending affecting 2,000 families total. Multiply this number by three or four (average family size) and you have 6,000 to 8,000 people who, most likely, will never purchase a Maytag product.

And that is just in the Galesburg area.

Although the plant's closing will not affect me too much, I know I will shop for another brand.